Musical alexia for rhythm notation: A discrepancy between pitch and rhythm

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-238

  Midorikawa, Akira ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^a   Kezuka, Machiko ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aoyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amusia; Musical agraphia; Musical alexia; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITCH; READING; RHYTHM; WRITING;

APHASIA, WERNICKE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041589717     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.3.232.15558     Document Type: Article

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